TV Pioneer David Susskind Dies NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

[David Susskind]'s films included "A Raisin in the Sun," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "Fort Apache, the Bronx." On television, he produced dramas such as "Eleanor and Franklin" and "Death of a Salesman" as well as series such as &q...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author AP. Scott Ladd contributed to this story
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 23.02.1987
EditionCombined editions
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Susskind, David
New York
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Summary:[David Susskind]'s films included "A Raisin in the Sun," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "Fort Apache, the Bronx." On television, he produced dramas such as "Eleanor and Franklin" and "Death of a Salesman" as well as series such as "Alice," "Get Smart" and "N.Y.P.D." Susskind, who was born in New York, grew up in Brookline, Mass., and graduated from Harvard College in 1942, first appeared on television as an interviewer in 1958 on "Open End," a late-night, local New York City talk show without set time limits. Susskind and his guests simply talked until they had nothing left to say. Photo-At right, Susskind during an interview with Robert F. Kennedy in 1966. 2) UPI Photo-Above, a pensive Susskind in 1975. 3) AP Photo Susskind with then-Soviet leader [Nikita Khrushchev] during a television show in New York in 1960